I own an Insight.... it is a direct replacement to my Honda City IDSi...

since i'm changing car... what the heck go for hybrid...

And after the decision I made and driven the hybrid for 10K milage now I can say I have no regrets...

all I can say is... people are reluctant to accept new technology... when iphone came out with the revolution touch screen people still stick to Blackberry cause the keyboard... but now people have accept iphone... funny right....

Bro... The car service e like any regular car laa.. there is no need special service for Hybrid car... (well for Insight there is no need anyway... not sure on prius...)

The Electric motor is brushless so there is virtually no wear and tear towards the motor..

The problem people afraid is the NiMh battery pack...

so let me shed / share some light into it... (I share on Insight only I dont own a prius..)

1. Insight IMA battery back consist of 3 parts
- Battery
- IMA Circuit (2 board)
- Cooling Fan

so provided the circuit board is in good running condition you only need to replace the expired D cell Battery. Insight IMA has 189 Sanyo Type-D cell NiMh in series connection..

So what does that mean??
If you google you will notice people in U.S. do replace the D-cell (Battery only) for a very cheap price they even replace it with a higher MAh cell which allow the hybrid to travel further on battery...

Is it cost RM5K... well if you burn the whole pack yes it cost RM5K else it is around RM1.5K to RM2K

Why NiMh why not Lipo... NiMh is actually a better battery... it is very resistant to heat and you can over charge it without causing explosion... the only problem with NiMh is the capacity... you cannot have 4000mah inside nimh... only lipo can do that...

any how... after driving that car for some time I can safely say it will get me 750km for RM60 of petrol... not bad for a petrol car (lets not compare diesel) as I know diesel can acheive this milage too... just cannot afford VW cause I know maintanence will kill me... not the car...

actually I find it quite funny... you all claim RON97 can go further and RON95 no so far... sure mou... as I know all car made for RON95 has a very lousy combusion ratio 10:1 parts ratio.. a proper RON97 will have 12:1 or more...

as I know all Made in Malaysia car and Japan (CKD model) is made for RON91... why cause Thailand and Indon only have RON91 and RON92... if you want good milage for RON97 do like my friend do send his car to re-tune ECU confirm you get super good milage...

Didn't say 200% didn't even put figure hahaha but will improve... Sky active 14:1 compression ratio is there cause the engine is equipped with knock sensor. I doubt MyVI has knock sensor